Pictionary Telephone

This is one I learned recently, and can actually be done pretty easily without using the Pictionary game. But since the theme is to include original board games, I figure I can explain it that way.

Game play:

Requires a decent number of players - at least 4, but more is better.

Player 1 takes a Pictionary card, and rolls a die to see which color they should use. (Or, to keep it simple, just choose whatever picture on the card they'd like to start with. To do this without using the Pictionary board game, you just make up a phrase or draw an odd picture.) Player 1 then draws a picture of what they read on the card.

Player 1 hands the drawing to Player 2, who writes a short description of what they see. Player 2 then folds down the drawing part so that only their written description shows at the top.

Player 2 hands the page to Player 3, who draws a picture based on the written description, folds down the description, and continues forward.

When it gets back to Player 1, you can all look at how the picture was interpreted and mis-interpreted.

For large groups, multiple people can start at once so that people aren't just sitting around waiting for a turn.

To include non-readers in the game, an older player can be their partner who will read the description and help them write a description. It's actually good to have a really wide range of ages and include really little kids, because the more it gets "mixed up", the better.

[Cooperative Pictionary]